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109 My life constantly hangs in the balance,
    but I will not stop obeying your instructions.

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109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands,(A)
    I will not forget(B) your law.

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So when I realized you weren’t coming, I risked my life and went to battle without you, and the Lord gave me victory over the Ammonites. So why have you now come to fight me?”

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When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands(A) and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory(B) over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”

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31 For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you.

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31 I face death every day(A)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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14 Why should I put myself in mortal danger[a]
    and take my life in my own hands?

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  1. 13:14 Hebrew Why should I take my flesh in my teeth.

14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
    and take my life in my hands?(A)

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23 Are they servants of Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in prison more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.

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23 Are they servants of Christ?(A) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,(B) been in prison more frequently,(C) been flogged more severely,(D) and been exposed to death again and again.(E)

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36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[a])

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  1. 8:36 Ps 44:22.

36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22

152 I have known from my earliest days
    that your laws will last forever.

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152 Long ago I learned from your statutes(A)
    that you established them to last forever.(B)

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117 Sustain me, and I will be rescued;
    then I will meditate continually on your decrees.

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117 Uphold me,(A) and I will be delivered;(B)
    I will always have regard for your decrees.(C)

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83 I am shriveled like a wineskin in the smoke,
    but I have not forgotten to obey your decrees.

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83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,
    I do not forget(A) your decrees.

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Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won’t tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?’ But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the Lord and by your own soul!”

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But David took an oath(A) and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”

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Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the Lord brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!”

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He took his life(A) in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory(B) for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent(C) man like David by killing him for no reason?”

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